510 THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



commerce, and the best talent of the press; they can crush 

 all who are in debt if they dare dissent from, or object to 

 the demands they make. The reports of their conventions 

 and speeches are laid before us with a parade and semblance 

 of authority equal to the report of the secretary of the 

 treasury, or the message of the president. * * * 



" And now, having captured the executive branch of 

 the government, the bondholders and their attorneys are 

 besieging Congress to enforce their demand for gold alone 

 in the settlement of their claims, all law, justice and equity 

 to the contrary notwithstanding, by striking down the sil- 

 ver of the standard value of July, 1870, which they then 

 demanded and inserted in the face of every bond they hold, 

 as one of the coins in which the bond should be paid. ' ' 



It would seem that the fact that no attempt is being 

 made by the leaders of either political party to remove 

 the restriction on the coinage of silver, while on the other 

 hand there have been frequent and persistent attempts to 

 suspend its coinage, is sufficient evidence that there is 

 cause for alarm, and that if this spirit is not checked the 

 day is not far distant when silver will be demonetized. 



